Steps To Nowhere, a complete Study Painting. Paint This With Jerry Yarnell

1409 - Steps to Nowhere, Part 1 of 5
(16 x 20 Vertical Stretched Canvas, Acrylic Medium)
In the first of five(5) episodes of "Steps To Nowhere" complete painting lesson, Jerry explains the composition of this beautiful painting and shows the various pieces of reference material which will make up Steps to Nowhere. Using a 16x20 vertical stretched canvas and acrylic medium. Starts with pre-sketch and then begins scumbling with his #10 bristle brush. The painting is an impressionistic, loose technique: creating a suggestion versus the close-up details. Next step is creation of soft distant trees shapes to push trees in background (depth). Jerry uses script brush to lightly add collection of trees in background. To add contrast, Jerry uses #4 or #6 bristle along w/a grayish green to create cedar trees. Then with #4 bristle using rolling circles to add the rolling mist.
Length: 00:27:46
Date Released On: 1/2/2015
Recommended Skill Level: Intermediate